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Bureau of Reclamation: Water Year Type (Year Types are set according to total inflow and do not reflect current conditions) Upper Klamath Lake: Above Average (this is the highest level classification for the lake) Klamath River: Wet (this is the highest flow classification for the river) Additional Information Snow Pack Basin-wide Percent of Average: Zero. Upper Klamath Lake April-September 30th Stream Flow Forecast: 820,000 acre-feet @ 50 percent exceedance Klamath River Flow Forecast: 793,000 acre-feet @ 70 percent exceedance Upper Klamath Lake Level: 4,139.89 feet Upper Klamath Lake Inflow 7-day Average: 504 cubic feet per second (cfs) Link River Releases: 1,050 cfs Keno Releases: 594 cfs Iron Gate Dam Releases: 1,030 cfs Requirement through October for Wet Year Type in Biological Opinion: 1.000 cfs Shasta River Flow: 61 cfs Scott River Flow: 37 cfs Trinity River Basin – Extremely Wet Water Year (this year classification was set according to total inflow and does not reflect current conditions) Trinity River Releases – below Lewiston Dam: 449 cfs Trinity River Flow – at Hoopa Gauge: 738 cfs This document is updated bi-weekly. Please circulate freely. For more information please visit: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/kbao/pilot_water_bank/index.html Contact: Rae Olsen, Klamath Basin Area Office, 541-883-6935, rolsen@mp.usbr.gov |
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